• In 1997 Sarah Palin allegedly had a conversation with Alaskan music teacher Philip Munger about dinosaurs, in which she said "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time."Los Angeles Times: Palin treads carefully between...and public policy (September 28, 2008)

  One theory of creationism is that the Earth is young, perhaps only 6,000 years old. This theory clashes with scientific dating methods, which date dinosaur fossils and tracks back millions of years.

  Palin supposedly went on to explain her belief to Munger, saying that she had seen "pictures of human footprints inside [dinosaur] tracks."Los Angeles Times: Palin treads carefully between...and public policy (September 28, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Sarah Palin is alleged creationistNew York Magazine: Matt Damon Wants to Know If Sarah Palin Believes There Were Dinosaurs 4,000 Years Ago (September 10, 2008)
  2. Creationist belief of dinosaurs varies from involvement with Noah's Ark to historic time line differencesAbout.com: Creationism and Dinosaurs
  3. Philip Munger, an Alaskan composer, has said Palin told him she believes in creationism, that the earth is about 6000 years old, and that humans and dinosaurs were on the earth at the same timeBlog: Saradise Lost - Chapter Sixteen -- Palin's Views on the End Times (September 3, 2008)
  4. Tina Fey joked about Sarah Palin's creationism in an episode on Saturday Night Live

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